The breeze was still blowing, the boat was ready and I was wide awake. As soon as I got back to the boat, there was no way I could sleep. Once I was fully ready on Tuesday evening, I went out for a final meal with one of my sponsors and friends. Had I been ready earlier I would have left to get a quick run to Bermuda in solid breeze, but that wasn’t in the cards, logistically speaking. Pretty much as soon as my new sails and furling gear were installed and feeling dialed in, I threw on some freeze-dried food, made final preparations and I went.īeginning in Solomons Island, Maryland I had planned to leave on a Wednesday. So I planned a 2,000-mile course from the Chesapeake Bay, out around Bermuda and then up to Maine with a few extra miles thrown in there and Marco the Race Director approved it. With a planned haul out in Maine and then a trip across the pond to the start line on the schedule for me and my Open 50 Sparrow, I wanted to knock out my qualifier and delivery up to Maine in one shot. A solo non-stop and around-the-world race that will include everything from an S&S 34 to an older IMOCA 60, the race has attracted a diverse group of sailors and boats from all over the map, both literally and figuratively.īefore the race, each skipper must complete a mandatory 2,000-mile solo qualification sail. The inaugural edition of the Global Solo Challenge race starts in just a couple of months in A Coruña, Spain. All over Europe and in small pockets elsewhere, a couple of dozen intrepid sailors are preparing their boats and themselves for the adventure of a lifetime.
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